Lumpy: Blog

Starting Friday, the first book in a new Sci-fi series will start posting. The series is called Imperium and the first book is called The Sword of Jupiter. It will post every week (and occasionally twice a week). Information on pre-orders is up now, and can be found on my author page, tstarnes.com

Here is a brief synopsis:

An Uncertain Future in a New Past

During the test flight of a prototype faster-than-light craft, Lt. Commander Ky is flung into the ancient past that never existed. Rome has fallen, defeated by the mighty Carthaginian Empire, it's survivors chased off the continent and onto what had been the remote province of Britannia. Hounded by the Carthaginians bent on conquering the known world, Rome is on the verge of destruction. Stranded and alone, except for a tactical AI implanted in his head, Ky has lost everything and must find a way to live in a world different than anything he's ever known.

For Ky to survive, he needs a new home. For the Romans to survive, they need a miracle. But can a man from the future work with people so far in his past, or is this match doomed to failure?

It looks like I made a mistake when uploading this story, and the wrong chapter posted. I just submitted a corrected version with the correct chapter 16, and it should be up shortly.

I'd planned out playing by ear to post one a week to give me time to write the sequel and get it released just as PBE finished, but the sequel is going faster than expected, so I'm stepping up the posting schedule a bit. It won't be every week, but you will see some weeks you get 2 a week instead of 1, and there will be 3 weeks where you get 3 chapters. This should mean PBE finished posting in Dec/Jan instead of late March, which is when it's currently scheduled to finish.

Due to a technical issue (on my side, not SOL), the first chapter of Playing by Ear won't post until tomorrow. All other chapters will post on Wed. however.

I've been a little quiet trying to get the next Taylor story ready, so a quick update. The next story (called Election Day) is almost ready and will start posting at some point in May (I don't know quite when yet, since there is still a little work left to do on the last third of the book, but it's real close). I'll have more info in the next few weeks. Thanks for everyone's patience for how long it takes between these stories.